If equality is the goal, why do we tell girls how perfect and special they are but donРІР‚в„ўt do the same for boys? And if pride and empowerment are the goals, why do we tell them theyРІР‚в„ўre essentially helpless in modern society? Women have come a long way in just a few generations. I guess РІР‚СљBoys rule!!РІР‚Сњ on a T-shirt just wonРІР‚в„ўt sell. But no one seems to want to get into the business of turning things around for boys, or telling boys that they rule simply because theyРІР‚в„ўreР’В not girls. That special attention has only increased since then.

Michael Thompson, author of a book about the academic problems of boys,Р’В РІР‚СљRaising Cain,РІР‚Сњ as saying: РІР‚СљAfter decades of special attention, girls are soaring, while boys are stagnating.РІР‚Сњ It was nearly 15 years ago that Lesley Stahl reported for CBS News that boys were being left behind. More women than men attend college, by a lopsided 60 percent to 40 percent, and the last recession hit men far harder than it did women.

Meanwhile, thereРІР‚в„ўs a lot of data to suggest girls are doing far better than boys these days. ItРІР‚в„ўs especially jarring that weРІР‚в„ўve decided boys donРІР‚в„ўt need the same encouragement girls get because, theoretically, theyРІР‚в„ўll be fine. Why bother if society is so stacked against her? Are girls unstoppable and amazing - or are they unlikely to succeed in our unfair world? provided boys help them.Р”Р„nd the idea that an American girl doesnРІР‚в„ўt have opportunities equal to American boys is foolish and can only discourage girls from even trying to succeed. It sends mixed messages to tell girls they can do anything. We need to teach our daughters that if they feel they deserve higher pay, they need to ask for it. The way we talk to girls needs to change. Writing in Mogul magazine last month, Chelsea Clinton claimed that РІР‚СљIn 2016, itРІР‚в„ўs still true that in no country on Earth are women given equal rights and equal opportunities - to education, to health care, to equal pay for equal work - to men.РІР‚Сњ How can we tell girls that America doesnРІР‚в„ўt give them equal opportunities and at the same time tell them they should feel powerful? It doesnРІР‚в„ўt add up. Demanding from whom? The men who dole out the pay? WerenРІР‚в„ўt girls just running the world? Which is it? Mainstream feminism tells girls theyРІР‚в„ўre better than the boys but then has events like РІР‚СљEqual Pay DayРІР‚Сњ demanding equal pay. IРІР‚в„ўm concerned that my daughter will feel we РІР‚Сљdoth protest too muchРІР‚Сњ and ask, РІР‚СљWhy am I wearing a shirt that says IРІР‚в„ўm a genius? Is it because IРІР‚в„ўm actually not?РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљWhy do you keep saying I rule? Is it because I donРІР‚в„ўt?РІР‚Сњ The result is moreР’В likely to be girls second-guessing themselves. Ellen DeGeneres has a new lifestyle brand called ED that is meant to, what else, РІР‚СљempowerРІР‚Сњ girls.Р”ВeGeneres collaborated on a clothing line for The Gap and produced shirts for girls that had words like РІР‚СљGeniusРІР‚Сњ and РІР‚СљGiftedРІР‚Сњ printed across them. Hollywood, of course, loves this pitch to girls. IsnРІР‚в„ўt that the opposite of what we should be doing? WeРІР‚в„ўre overemphasizing how simply amazing and capable girls are by virtue of their gender and not much else. Just like we over-reassure our dateless friends that theyРІР‚в„ўre totally, totally awesome, we oversell the РІР‚Сљrah-rah, girl power!РІР‚Сњ to our girls but donРІР‚в„ўt entirely mean it. IРІР‚в„ўm afraid theyРІР‚в„ўll ask me: Then why are we pretending girls do? I didnРІР‚в„ўt give them the obvious answer: ThereРІР‚в„ўs no song about boys running the world because boys actually run the world. РІР‚СљThatРІР‚в„ўs not a real song,РІР‚Сњ my 6-year-old daughter jumped in. My kids and I were singing along, loudly, to РІР‚СљRun the World (Girls)РІР‚Сњ by Beyonce, as you do, when my 3-year-old son asked, РІР‚СљCan we listen to РІР‚ВRun the World (Boys)РІР‚в„ў next?РІР‚Сњ Private preschools are teaching the future elite to be racistР”Р„ string of murders shows we must give violent offenders harsher sentences I'm leaving NYC - to protect my children from its feckless leaders Normalcy for kids in Florida proves how wrong NYCРІР‚в„ўs school rules areР”В®ric Adams must unequivocally reverse de BlasioРІР‚в„ўs G&T education ban

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